The Ford test concludes on Friday. A section of the Oldfield
Grandstand will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with
access through the Visitors' Center.

After three consistent days of testing, sophomore Winston Cup
driver Loy Allen was in a reflective mood. Allen, of course, made
history last Feb. 12 when he won the Busch Pole Award for the
Daytona 500.

It marked the first time a NASCAR Winston Cup rookie had won
the Daytona 500 pole position. Allen will return to Daytona for
Speedweeks '95 with his same sponsor, Hooters Restaurants, but with
a new team owner, Junior Johnson.

"I'm real happy to be with Junior Johnson and to have Mike
Hill as crew chief," explained Allen during Thursday's test
session. "I think I'm being given a great chance to race these
cars. I've been given a good chance with good engines and good cars
and some good people around me. I'm going to try and take advantage
of it and race this year as hard as I can."

Hill, who assisted Jimmy Spencer in winning his first two
NASCAR Winston Cup races in 1994 -- including the Pepsi 400 at
Daytona -- feels the opportunity of working with a second-year
driver is a plus.

"I've worked with Darrell Waltrip, Geoff Bodine, Terry
Labonte, Bill Elliott and Jimmy Spencer," the veteran crewman, but
relative rookie crew chief noted. "I've gained a lot of experience
from that. I see this as a chance to help a young driver with that
experience. Loy has a lot of ability. He won the pole at Daytona,
Atlanta and Michigan.

"Those are probably three of the toughest tracks out there to
win the pole at. His ability to do that, to win poles, has brought
the enthusiasm level up for this team as we look toward starting
the season."

Can Allen take the Busch Pole Award for the '95 Daytona 500,
on Saturday, Feb. 11? He thinks so.

"I want to do that again," said the former dirt tracker, who
won the pole for the '92 Daytona ARCA 200 in his first attempt at
a track longer than 5/8ths of a mile. "There will be a lot of fast
cars out there, but we'll be trying hard to repeat our strength
from last year."